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Patriots Day (2016)
121K
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, History, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong, USA
Duration: 133 min.
Story:
An account of Boston Police Commissioner Ed Davis's actions in the events leading up to the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing and the aftermath, which includes the city-wide manhunt to find the terrorists behind it.
Style:
tense, intense, factual, exciting, realistic, suspenseful, suspense, inspirational, sad, psychological thriller ...
Plot:
terrorism, police, fbi, terrorist, tragedy, brutality, courage, surveillance, manhunt, investigation, chase, police investigation, hostage, murder, terrorist plot, gunfight, revenge, chief of police, terrorist bombing, profanity, terrorist attack, police officer, murder investigation, crime investigation, heroism ...
Time:
year 2016, 2010s, year 2013, 21st century
Place:
boston, massachusetts, america, usa, california, united states of america
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out suspense, suspenseful, surprise ending and f word films with plots about death, murder, violence, brutality, gun, gunfight and police officer mostly in Action, Thriller and Drama genres. Some movies like Patriots Day: Deepwater Horizon (2016), 6 Days (2017), Hotel Mumbai (2018), The Informer (2019), Chaos (2005). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Action, Drama, History, Thriller
Country: USA, Hong Kong
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
A story set on the offshore drilling rig Deepwater Horizon, which exploded during April 2010 and created the worst oil spill in U.S. history.
Style:
tense, exciting, suspense, emotional, suspenseful ...
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
disaster, natural disaster, survival, catastrophe, courage, oil, oil rig, sea, trapped, destruction, heroism, rescue ...
Time:
year 2016, 2010s, year 2010, 70s, 21st century
Place:
louisiana, boston, california, usa
Similarity:
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Genre: Action, Drama, History, Thriller
Country: New Zealand, UK
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
In April 1980, armed gunmen stormed the Iranian Embassy in Princes Gate, London and took all inside hostage. Over the next six days a tense standoff took place, all the while a group of highly trained soldiers from the SAS prepared for a raid the ...
Style:
suspenseful, realistic, serious, factual, tension ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
terrorist, terrorism, military, politics, commando mission, rescue, danger, siege, violence, hostage, hostage situation, hostage rescue ...
Time:
80s, year 1980
Place:
england, iran, london
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Drama, History, Thriller
Country: Australia, USA, UK, Singapore, India
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
Based on the 2009 documentary Surviving Mumbai about the Mumbai attacks in 2008 at the Taj Mahal Palace Hotel in India.
Style:
suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, factual, sexy ...
Audience:
chick flick, adult
Plot:
terrorism, terrorist attack, terrorist, jihad, hotel, courage, religious fanatic, islamic terrorism, hostage, shooting, survival, cruelty ...
Time:
year 2019, 2000s, year 2008
Place:
india, mumbai india, australia, bombay india, pakistan ...
Similarity:
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, Canada, USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
In New York, former convict Pete Koslow, related to the Polish mafia, must deal with both Klimek the General, his ruthless boss, and the twisted ambitions of two federal agents, as he tries to survive and protect the lives of his loved ones…
Style:
suspense, suspenseful, psychological, rough, thought provoking ...
Plot:
prison, violence, police, organized crime, undercover, prison gang, murder, kidnapping, betrayal, ex convict, danger, brutality ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
manhattan new york city, new york
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, Canada, USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Two cops, a rookie and a grizzled vet, pursue an accomplished bank robber.
Style:
exciting, surprise ending, realistic, suspenseful, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
robbery, police detective, bank robbery, police investigation, hostage, brutality, gangster, dirty cop, vengeance, conspiracy, corruption, buddy cop ...
Time:
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Place:
seattle, usa, san francisco
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100%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
Blown Away tells the story of Jimmy Dove who works for the Boston bomb squad. Shortly after Dove leaves the force his partner is killed by a bomb that Dove thinks might have been made by someone he knows.
Style:
suspense, exciting, suspenseful, intense, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night, adult
Plot:
terrorism, revenge, terrorist, psychopath, bomb squad, brutality, stalking, marriage proposal, anarchist, danger, investigation, race against time ...
Time:
20th century, year 1994, 90s, year 1992
Place:
boston, ireland, usa, northern ireland, massachusetts ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Drama, History, Thriller, War
Country: Malta, USA
Duration: 144 min.
Story:
An American Ambassador is killed during an attack at a U.S. compound in Libya as a security team struggles to make sense out of the chaos.
Style:
intense, tense, suspenseful, realistic, factual ...
Audience:
manly
Plot:
war, terrorism, cia, courage, mercenary, rescue mission, combat, soldier, commando, embassy, navy seal, cia agent ...
Time:
year 2012, year 2016, year 2011, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
libya, middle east, africa, pentagon, langley virginia ...
Similarity:
64%
374K
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
A marksman living in exile is coaxed back into action after learning of a plot to kill the president. Ultimately double-crossed and framed for the attempt, he goes on the run to track the real killer and find out who exactly set him up, and why.
Style:
intense, action packed, exciting, action thriller, suspense ...
Audience:
manly, boys' night, adult
Plot:
sniper, conspiracy, fbi, one man army, on the run, assassination, corruption, revenge, manhunt, military, cover up, false accusation ...
Time:
year 2007, 21st century
Place:
montana, philadelphia, virginia, usa, baltimore ...
Similarity:
67%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA, China, Colombia, Indonesia
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
A CIA field officer and an Indonesian police officer are forced to work together in confronting political corruption. An informant must be moved twenty-two miles to safety.
Style:
perverse, exciting, tense, suspenseful, suspense ...
Audience:
boys' night, adult
Plot:
black ops, terrorist, top secret, rogue agent, spy, secret service, surveillance, political corruption, woman with a gun, cia, espionage, computer cracker ...
Time:
2010s, year 2016
Place:
southeast asia, indonesia, asia
Similarity:
60%
36K
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Undercover Las Vegas police officer Vincent Downs is caught in a high stakes web of corrupt cops and the mob-controlled casino underground. When a heist goes wrong, a crew of homicidal gangsters kidnaps Downs’ teenage son. In one sleepless night ...
Style:
suspense, neo noir, suspenseful, disturbing, exciting ...
Plot:
organized crime, undercover cop, police detective, black cop, female warrior, kidnapping, police corruption, rescue, death, brutality, race against time, father son relationship ...
Time:
year 2017
Place:
las vegas
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Maverick cop Orin Boyd always brings down the domestic terrorists he tracks, but he ruffles feathers with his unorthodox techniques -- and soon finds himself reassigned to the toughest district in Detroit. When he discovers a group of detectives ...
Style:
stylized, black comedy, detective, suspense, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
aikido, police corruption, chase, undercover, bodyguard, martial arts, conspiracy, hand to hand combat, police investigation, violent, secret service, justice ...
Time:
year 2001, 2000s
Place:
detroit, usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Mason Storm, a 'go it alone' cop, is gunned down at home. The intruders kill his wife, and think they've killed both Mason and his son too. Mason is secretly taken to a hospital where he spends several years in a coma. His son ...
Style:
exciting, serious, suspenseful, suspense, detective ...
Audience:
boys' night, girls' night
Plot:
hospital, revenge, vigilante, martial arts, vengeance, violence, hitman, one man army, coma, conspiracy, mixed martial arts, police corruption ...
Time:
year 1990, year 1983, 90s, 80s
Place:
los angeles, chicago, california
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
Frankie McGuire, one of the IRA's deadliest assassins, draws an American family into the crossfire of terrorism. But when he is sent to the U.S. to buy weapons, Frankie is housed with the family of Tom O'Meara, a New York cop who knows ...
Style:
serious, exciting, rough, political, realistic ...
Plot:
terrorism, politics, murder, terrorist, assassin, friendship, police investigation, tragic event, vengeance, betrayal, revenge, devil ...
Time:
90s, year 1972, 70s, year 1992
Place:
northern ireland, ireland, new york, bronx new york city, europe ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Colonel Robert Sikes is on a mission to rid his city of crime. As a stealthy, one-man assault team, he will take on street gangs, mobsters, and politicians with extreme prejudice until his mission is complete. His former protégé, William Porter, ...
Style:
tense, suspense, rough, suspenseful, independent film ...
Plot:
bare breasts, stripper, vigilante, danger, brutality, murder, anti hero, sociopath, gangster, tough guy, fbi agent, chase ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Biography, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, UK, Malta
Duration: 134 min.
Story:
The true story of Captain Richard Phillips and the 2009 hijacking by Somali pirates of the US-flagged MV Maersk Alabama, the first American cargo ship to be hijacked in two hundred years.
Style:
tense, suspense, realistic, captivating, factual ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
hostage, ship, survival, terrorism, rescue, kidnapping, escapades, ship captain, ocean, hostage situation, piracy, pirate ...
Time:
year 2013, 2010s, 2000s, year 2009, 21st century
Place:
somalia, africa, middle east, america, usa ...
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, History, Thriller
Country: USA, Norway
Duration: 143 min.
Story:
In Norway on 22 July 2011, right-wing terrorist Anders Behring Breivik murdered 77 young people attending a Labour Party Youth Camp on Utöya Island outside of Oslo. This three-part story will focus on the survivors of the attacks, the political ...
Style:
suspense, suspenseful, rough, dramatic, action thriller ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
terrorist, terrorism, mass murder, tragedy, island, cruelty, trial, brutality, massacre, car bomb, hospital, criminal ...
Time:
2010s, year 2011, 21st century
Place:
oslo norway, eastern europe, europe
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: UK, Canada, USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
A police chief tries to solve a kidnapping that involves a bank robber holding a young boy hostage.
Style:
suspense, exciting, captivating, suspenseful, cliffhanger ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
heist, father son relationship, danger, rescue, betrayal, fight, conspiracy, investigation, murder, fear, ransom, brutality ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
columbus ohio, new york, ohio
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
In a broken city rife with injustice, ex-cop Billy Taggart seeks redemption and revenge after being double-crossed and then framed by its most powerful figure, the mayor. Billy's relentless pursuit of justice, matched only by his streetwise ...
Style:
neo noir, suspenseful, rough, political, intense ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
revenge, private detective, conspiracy, twists and turns, betrayal, politics, infidelity, mayor, political corruption, corruption, haunted by the past, private investigator ...
Time:
year 2013, 2010s, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
new york, manhattan new york city, brooklyn new york city, usa, new jersey ...
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
This intense action-thriller unfolds in real time as two embattled souls fight for their lives. Gary Oldman stars as a vicious crime boss out to kill Nick, the lone witness set to testify against him. He hires a mysterious female motorcycle courier ...
Style:
suspense, entertaining, captivating, exciting, black comedy ...
Plot:
one woman army, female warrior, police, danger, survival, gunfight, crime boss, chase, bomb, messenger, trap, chases and races ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
london, empire state building manhattan new york city, tower bridge london, washington d.c., manhattan new york city ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
A New York nightclub manager tries to save his brother and father from Russian mafia hitmen.
Style:
suspense, harsh, stylized, captivating, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
mafia, organized crime, police, gangster, nightclub, gang, cop, brothers, hitman, lone hero, multiple storylines, law enforcement ...
Time:
year 2007, 20th century, year 1988, 80s, 70s
Place:
new york, brooklyn new york city, usa, manhattan new york city
Similarity:
100%
137K
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: Germany, United Arab Emirates, USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
A team of U.S. government agents is sent to investigate the bombing of an American facility in the Middle East.
Style:
realistic, suspenseful, exciting, suspense, action packed ...
Audience:
boys' night, girls' night
Plot:
terrorism, terrorist, investigation, military, fbi, islamic terrorism, al qaeda, deception, muslim, gunfight, war on terror, spy ...
Time:
year 2007, 21st century
Place:
middle east, saudi arabia, iraq, usa, washington d.c.
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
Spenser, a former Boston patrolman who just got out from prison, teams up with Hawk, an aspiring fighter, to unravel the truth behind the death of two police officers.
Style:
action comedy, realistic, serious, exciting, suspenseful ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
police, ex convict, police corruption, one against many, conspiracy, ex-cop, corrupt cop, organized crime, revenge, bodyguard, ex cop, investigation ...
Time:
2020s, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
boston
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA, UK, Portugal, Canada, Bulgaria
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
Secret Service Agent Mike Banning is framed for the attempted assassination of the President and must evade his own agency and the FBI as he tries to uncover the real threat.
Style:
tense, exciting, suspense, captivating, intense ...
Audience:
manly, adult
Plot:
secret service, agent, terrorist, secret service agent, president, fbi, spy, lone hero, gunfight, white house, justice, state affairs ...
Time:
2010s, future, year 2019, 21st century
Place:
washington d.c., west virginia, usa, north carolina, virginia ...
Similarity:
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Movie in collections
290K
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
Two young officers are marked for death after confiscating a small cache of money and firearms from the members of a notorious cartel during a routine traffic stop.
Style:
emotional, suspense, independent film, harsh, brutal ...
Audience:
boys' night, adult
Plot:
gunfight, latinos, gang member, cop, fighting crime, street gang, shooting, urban ghetto, police officer, police, police investigation, police protagonist ...
Time:
year 2012, 2010s, year 2011, 70s, 21st century
Place:
los angeles, california, south central los angeles, south america, usa ...
Similarity:
20%
322K
Genre: Action, Biography, Drama, War
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
Four Navy SEALs on a covert mission to neutralize a high-level al-Qaeda operative must make an impossible moral decision in the mountains of Afghanistan that leads them into an enemy ambush. As they confront unthinkable odds, the SEALs must find ...
Style:
rough, captivating, inspirational, serious, exciting ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
military, survival, soldier, gunfight, war, terrorism, death, squad, courage, military life, special forces, war on terror ...
Time:
year 2013, 2010s, 2000s, year 2005, 21st century
Place:
afghanistan, middle east, usa, iraq, israel
Similarity:
14%
Genre: Action, Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 134 min.
Story:
Members of the Granite Mountain Hotshots battle deadly wildfires to save an Arizona town.
Style:
exciting, emotional, tense, dramatic, suspense ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
natural disaster, forest fire, firefighter, heroism, tragedy, rescue, danger, friends, mentor, firefighting, fire department, male camaraderie ...
Time:
year 2007, year 2017, 2010s, 2000s, year 2013 ...
Place:
arizona, usa
Similarity:
86%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
A disgraced parole officer is indebted to a local gang leader and forced to pull off a series of dangerous drug heists within twelve hours in order to pay the $2 million dollars he owes, rescue his kidnapped pregnant wife, and settle a score with ...
Style:
suspense, disturbing, captivating, tense, independent film ...
Plot:
gang, sniper, home invasion, teamwork, organized crime, problem, money problems, ex soldier, criminal, needing money, quitting job, combat ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
mexico
Similarity:
26%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
Alex, an assassin-for-hire, finds that he's become a target after he refuses to complete a job for a dangerous criminal organization. With the crime syndicate and FBI in hot pursuit, Alex has the skills to stay ahead, except for one thing: he ...
Style:
suspense, tense, disturbing, captivating, detective ...
Plot:
hitman, human trafficking, secret service, professional killer, moral dilemma, fbi agent, male protagonist, fight, murder, gunfight, assassination attempt, one last job ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
mexico city, texas, mexico, el paso texas
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Frank Penny is a disgraced cop looking for a shot at redemption. When the police chief's 11-year-old daughter is abducted, Frank goes rogue to try and save her. But to find the girl, Frank will need the help of Ava Brooks, whose live-streaming ...
Style:
suspense, surprise ending, action thriller, crime thriller, entertaining ...
Plot:
police, police detective, police officer, investigation, friendship, heroes, kidnapping, computer cracker, violence, murder, internet, suicide ...
Time:
2010s
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Danny O'Brien is back in action fighting the notorious Simon Moon, also known as The Terror. Three years earlier O'Brien had single-handedly captured The Terror and was called Hero by the people of L.A. Now Simon has escaped and has ...
Style:
suspenseful, cult classic, slasher, suspense, perverse ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
martial arts, murder, cannon, police investigation, brutality, violence, death, hospital, investigation, chase, ship, psychopath ...
Time:
80s
Place:
los angeles, california, san francisco
Similarity:
26%
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